Hollywood Underground Film Festival (HUFF)

Hollywood Underground Film Festival (HUFF)
Attracts Creative Talent with New Concept
- A New Face of the Digital Underground -
Hollywood, CA  The Hollywood Underground Film Festival
(HUFF) is no longer so underground. In fact, HUFF, is
attracting mainstream attention and growing into a year-round
community with monthly activities for Indie artists in the
Los Angeles area. The festival is big and its evolving
more into an ongoing event since we now have our own venue
stated Christian Skovly, director for the event. The 2003
festival will be a showcase of originality and
experimentation, featuring the best new work from independent
artists who are creating imaginative content in Beta SP and
DVD. The 2003 festival opens April 17th with a launch party
at the Vine Bar and runs through April 24th with closing
ceremonies at the M Bar. Winners will be chosen based on
simulated box office revenues where attendees are given one
million HuffBucks to spend as they view each
screening. In the real world, movie audiences vote with
their money, we thought it was the most realistic way to rate
the films Skovly added. More than one-hundred
international submissions have come in from countries such
as: Hungary, Canada, India, Chile, Japan, Uruguay, Australia
and the UK.
Besides the film screenings, attendees will have access to
discussions on digital distribution and the micro-cinema
realm with their industry peers. Also planned is an
invitation-only Filmmaker Summit. Speakers include: Dawn
Wells - from Gilligans Island, Justin Goldberg - Music
Management and advisor for Veritas TV and Michael Dean,
Artist, Filmmaker and Author of the $30 Film School.
This years entry highlights include: Quiet, by Sylvain
White, Sophie by Helen Lee, winner of the Student Academy
Award in the narrative category; Hope, directed by Ron
Brinkmann; Taste It All, directed by Richard Liukis, winner
of the Canadian international Film Festival; Standard Time,
directed by Robert Cary starring Andrew McCarthy of Weekend
at Bernies and Pretty in Pink; Isabel Rose, winner of the
Best Up and Coming Actress Award at the San Diego Film
Festival and DIY or DIE: How to Survive as an Independent
Artist by Michael Dean, Artist, Filmmaker and Author of
the $30 Film School. Festival sponsors this year include:
SplitID and Media Network Group, Production Hub.com, Indie
Club and FPSR.com.
For the complete list of film entries and activities, visit
the official site at www.HUFilmFest.com.
INFO:
Tickets are $8.00 for individual screenings. Multiply
reduced rate ticket packages are available online. The HUFF
festival runs April 17th, to April 24th, 2003.